Halloumi Dense Bean Salad
This Halloumi Cheese Dense Bean Salad is packed with fresh vegetables, herbs, halloumi, and beans for a high fiber, meal prep friendly salad that’s fresh and filling.
Servings: 6 people
Ingredients
- 400 grams halloumi, sliced into 1 inch thick pieces and patted dry
- 2 cups Italian parsley, finely chopped
- 1 540 mL can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
- 1 540 mL can white kidney or navy beans, rinsed and drained
- 2 cups cherry tomatoes, sliced
- 5 Persian cucumbers, thinly sliced (about 1.5 cups)
- 4 green onions, thinly sliced (about ½ cup)
- ½ cup kalamata olives (whole or sliced olives, pitted)
- 1 medium orange bell pepper, diced (about 1 cup)
- 2 tablespoon capers
- ½ of one red onion, diced (about ½ cup)
- For serving: air fryer pita chips
For the dressing:
- ⅓ cup olive oil
- 1.5 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 3 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Pan fry the halloumi by heating 1 teaspoon of olive oil over medium heat. Once hot, add the halloumi to the pan and heat for 1-2 minutes per side until crispy.
- To a large salad bowl- add parsley, chickpeas and white beans. Top with cooked halloumi, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, green onions, kalamata olives, bell peppers, capers and red onion.
- Make the dressing by whisking together olive oil, dijon mustard, red wine vinegar, garlic powder, dried oregano, salt and black pepper.
- Pour the dressing over the salad and toss to combine. Serve with air fryer pita chips if desired.
Notes
For added protein top with grilled chicken, steak or every my turkey feta meatballs.
For added veggies I like to serve mine over a bed of spring mix.
Halloumi can be replaced with feta cheese if desired.
*I have included an estimation of the nutrition information for this recipe below. However, always remember a recipe is so much more than just nutritional content and these numbers do not need to dictate your food choices. Please don't forget that both your body and soul need nourishment! The owner of this website is not liable for this estimation.
Nutrition
Serving: 1.5cups | Calories: 511kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 14g | Sodium: 1479mg | Potassium: 740mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 2743IU | Vitamin C: 67mg | Calcium: 776mg | Iron: 5mg
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